Independence Peak or Qullai Istiqlol (; ), at , is the seventh-highest peak in the
Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a Mountain range, range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya ...
, located at the center of
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
's
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, above the source of the
Yazgulem River in the
Yazgulem Range. The mountain consists of three snow- and ice-covered summits and its northwest face is the source of the
Fedchenko Glacier.
The peak was originally named Dreispitz by a joint Russian–German team who discovered it in 1928, but failed to climb it due to deep snow and avalanche danger. The first ascent was made in 1954 by a Russian team led by A. Ugarov. After
World War II
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, Dreispitz was renamed Revolution Peak (, Qullai Inkilob), and in July 2006 it was given its current name.
Accidents
British Climbers Simon Spencer-Jones (26) and Ian Hatcher (26) disappeared in 2005, attempting to summit Peak Revolution via the Fenchenko Glacier with the University of Bristol Climbing Club. They departed base camp on 13 July and did not return at the planned date of 18 July. Two helicopters assisted in a ground and air search but no bodies were found, it is thought both climbers were killed as a result of 3 ft of snow that fell over 48 hours.
See also
*
List of Ultras of Central Asia
References
External links
A description of Revolution Peak and its surroundings, with images*
* ''Revolution Peak'' renamed ''Independence Peak'' b
Mountains of Tajikistan
Six-thousanders of the Pamir
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